Carton for bottle goods



Oct. 10, 1939. L. P. GRECO 2,175,600

CARTON FOR BOTTLE GOODS Filed Dec.-21, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Louis I? Greco Oct. 10, 1939. L. P. GRECO 2,175,600

CARTON FOR BOTTLE GOODS Filed Dec. 21, 1936 3 SheetsSheet 2 Louis Greco Patented Oct. 10, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention is primarily made of a single piece of relatively heavy sheet material as cardboard or fibre board.

My invention is comprised of a single piece and when folded is formed into a compartmented carrier for carrying a plurality of bottles as carbonated water, beer and the like. A pair of carrying handles are disposed at the top of the folded carton. A locking tab is disposed central of one side of the sheet which, when folded forms a reinforcing strip central of the bottom to thereby lock and reinforce the bottom forming tabs into placement and which reinforces the bottom against rupture of the carton when the same is filled with the bottles or articles to be dispensed through the use of the carton.

The primary p se and object of my invention is to provide a carrying carton made of a single sheet of material and which may be used for the carrying, the storing and the shipping of bottled goods and which prevents breakage of the contents of the carton when used as a carrier.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing a carrying carton made of a single sheet of material that can be used for dispensing and carrying bottled goods from the distributor to the user.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claim, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown with reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a. plan view of the cut and scored blank from which the carton is formed,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the folded carton with the cover or handle flaps in open position and illustrating two compartments in the carton,

Figure 3 is a developed plan view of another form of blank, cut and scored to provide three compartments when the blank is folded into carton formation,

Figure 4 is a perspective view, showing the carton blank of Figure 3 folded into carton formation with three compartments therein,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of the partially folded carton, and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the carton blank shown in Figure 1 in its partially folded position.

The body of the carton that may be formed of any suitable material such as cardboard, pasteboard, or the like is designated in general by the reference character I and the blank from which the carton is formed is illustrated in developed plan view in Figure 1 and the central portion of the blank that forms the vertical side and end walls of the carton is transversely scored on the lines ll, 26 and MA to provide side walls I 2 and 2| and end walls l9 and 6. An extension is carried by the end wall 6 to provide a partition in the folded carton and said extension includes wall portions 8 and IS, the wall portion 6 being foldable upon the line III while the wallportion I5 is foldable upon a second line I DA. Gummed material in the form of a stripe is applied to the wall 6 adjacent the fold line Ill. The lower edge of the end wall l5 forming a part of the partition is diagonally cut on the line 21 and the outer end of the end wall l5 carries a gummed strip l6 foldable upon the line .|5A.

The bottom wall construction of the carton comprises a flap or wall carried by the side wall l2 and foldable upon the line It, the opposite side edges of the wall being tapered and carrying a flap extension 26 foldable upon the line I! at the outer end of the bottom wall H and said flap extension 26 carries an end tab section 263 foldable upon the line 26A. A bottom wall flap or section 25 is carried by the end wall I9 and is foldable upon the line I8 alined with the fold line H of the bottom wall section II. A bottom wall section 23 is carried by the lower end of the side wall 2|, being foldable upon the line 24 and a longitudinally extending slot 22 is cut into the fold line 24 between the sides of the side wall section 2|. A bottom wall section I is carried by the end wall 6 and is foldable upon the line 9.

A carrying handle or cover section is provided for the carton and comprises a pair of walls carried by theupper edges of the side walls I2 and 2|, the wall 5 carried by the upper edge of the side wall l2 being foldable on the line 3|, while the wall I carried by the upper edge of the side wall section 2| is foldable upon the line 30. The walls 4 and 5 are of like dimensions and between the upper and lower edges thereof, each is provided with a pair of spaced parallel scored fold lines 43 so that the outer ends of the walls 4' and 5 may be moved into flat contact with each other. The wall 5 outwardly of the fold lines 4B is provided with a slotted opening 3 that registers with the slotted opening 53 in the outer end of the wall 4, the opening 5B formed by striking the tab 2 therefrom that is retained in hinged engagement as at 2A with one wall of the opening IB and is adapted to be inserted through the slot 3 in the handle wall 5 for locking the two handle walls 4 and I together when the carton blank is folded.

In folding the blank shown in Figure 1 into carton formation illustrated in Figure 2, the blank is first folded as shown in Figure 6 on the scored lines IIA and It with the end flap It folded on the line ISA for adhesive engagement with the side wall II of the carton as shown in Figures 2 and 6. As the wall I of the blank is substantially half the width of the side walls I! and 2| of the carton. the wall I! extends perpendicularly of the side walls l2 and fl intermediate the side edges thereof to provide a cross partition for the provision of two compartments in the carton. The blank is then further folded on the lines I! and II, the end wall ll being disposed opposite the end wall 6 while the side wall I! is opposite the side wall 2|. The bottom wall sections of the blank are then folded, the wall sections I and 25 being first folded inwardly, the bottom wall section 23 carried by the side wall 2i being then folded to overlie the bottom walls I and 25 and thereafter the bottom wall il carried by the side wall I! is folded on the line ll to underlie the bottom wall section 23, the extension wall llomtheb ottom wail section Ii being then folded on the line I! while the flap 2!!! is folded on the line "A for reception in the slot 22 at the fold line 2! of the bottom wall section 28, the bottom wall extension 28 being moved upwardly into the carton in proximity of the diagonally cut end of the partition wall I! as will be readily understood from an inspection of Figure 5. when bottles or other articles are placed in the separate compartments as shown in Figure 2, the upstanding bottom wall section 25 will be lowered by the weight of the article in the carton and thereby form a secure lock for the bottom wall construction.

A modified form of blank is shown in Figure 3 wherein the blank is cut and scored similarly to the form of invention illustrated in Figure l with the exception that the end wall I! formin one of the partition walls carries at its outer end an extension wall comprising sections II and I foldable upon the lines 31 and II, the lower edge of the wall 30 being diagonally cut as at I! and carrying an end gummed extension ll foldable upon the line ll. The blank shown in Flaure 2 is folded as illustrated in Figure 4 with the walls I! and It constituting spaced cross partitions to provide three compartments in the carton, the remaining portion of the blank being foldable into carton formation as described in connection with the showing of the invention in Figure 1.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claim which follows.

What I claim is:

A carrying container fashioned from a blank made from a single piece of sheet material and when folded upon itself forms a partitioned rectangular container, one of the walls of the container when folded having a slit disposed at its bottom edge through which one of the tabs forming the container may be inserted to form a reinforced bottom, the partitions disposed within said container having diagonally extending bottoms against which the inserted tab engages y when inserted through the slit to position the inserted tab within the bottom when the tab is so inserted through the slit.

LOUIS P. GRECO. 

